Monthly Archives: June 2015

Mon 29th June 2015
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This week's new TLDs: .Golf, .Gold and .Date - Famous Four Media releases three domain names this week and Donuts sends four to Early Access. Famous Four Media launches three top level domain names in general availability on Wednesday. All of the domain names can be registered for about $25-$30. .Date: This domain name will compete with two from Donuts: .Dating (3,000 registrations) and .Singles (6,000 registrations). .Faith: KeepThe.Faith? Donuts has had success with .Church with over 11,000 registrations. Faith is broader, but .Church has ... read more ...
 
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Govt determined to activate dot bangla domain - Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has asked officials to take necessary steps to activate dot bangla (.bangla) domain, the country code top level domain (CCTLD) of Bangladesh.A joint secretary of the post and telecommunications division has been assigned to take care of this issue, the division sources said.As the minister in charge of the post and telecommunications division, the prime minister held a meeting with senior officials of the division on Sunday.A senior official , who did not want his name ... read more ...
 
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Domain Investing Success Story with Lonnie Borck – DNW Podcast #39 - The man who sold Scores.com for $1.2 million discusses domain name investing. Domain name investor Lonnie Borck has a lot of great stories, like the time he sold Scores.com for $1.2 million. And the day he thought he was just taking a day trip to NYC but ended up buying e.co for $81,000 in an auction. On this episode of the Domain Name Wire Podcast, Lonnie talks about his success, but also the number of opportunities he’s missed. He has some advice for domainers on how to improve their chances ... read more ...
 
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Domain Movers: Hum.com, Orlando.com and More Domains - Welcome to the latest round of Domain Movers where I detect domain names on the move that have been recently registered or acquired. The majority of these are by large companies and would often go unreported otherwise. These are often very early discoveries and most lead to a new brand, product, service and more. Here are my latest findings: Time Inc. has registered the domain name EliteTravelerClub.com adding to its domain name portfolio of over 9,000+ domain names. Hum.com has been acquired by ... read more ...
 
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Cybersquatting lawsuit filed over domain name purebred 16 years before plaintiff's use - Office Space Solutions wants a domain name registered 16 years before it started using the corresponding term in commerce. It’s taking the legal route to get it. New York company Office Space Solutions, Inc. has filed a cybersquatting lawsuit (pdf) against Jason Kneen of Great Britain over the domain name WorkBetter.com. Office Space Solutions filed an intent-to-use trademark application for Work Better with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 2014. It began using the mark in commerce in February ... read more ...
 
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Click Fraud Malware Can Lead To Bigger Problems - Ashley Carman published an article today on SCMagazine.com that deals with click fraud malware and how it can lead to bigger problems. In her article she referenced a report by Damballa.com that was basically a overview of all potential infections going around the web. The report points out that click fraud malware is usually deemed “low risk” but it can lead to bigger problems. From the article: In the report’s RuthlessTreeMafia group example, a victim was infected with click-fraud malware ... read more ...
Sun 28th June 2015
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Special Report: ICANN Reviews Process For New Domains; Names Proposal … - Experts at last week’s meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in Buenos Aires reached a milestone with a final proposal from the ICANN working group for the transition of internet control away from the United States. But global governance without oversight remains difficult, as the ongoing review of the introduction of new generic top-level domains aptly illustrates. ICANN public forum Buenos AiresThe 53rd meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names ... read more ...
 
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125.com Becomes Largest Reported Sale on 4.cn - Domain NameClosing Price Xe.com shows 1RMB = .1611 USD 125.com¥1,815,000 RMB 357.com¥995,889 RMB August 2014 xy.com¥948,000 RMB December 2011 zy.com¥901,000 RMB November 2011 after selling on Sedo earlier in 2011 for $106,000. mingshi.com¥891,000 RMB January 2015 102.com¥831,000 RMB August 2014 103.com¥802,000 RMB August 2014 886.com¥688,888 RMB November 2011 kq.com¥638,000 RMB December 2012 920.com¥589,888 RMB Feb 2014 So you can see that 125.com almost doubled the previous high sale ... read more ...
 
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Over 242 million Internet users visited Google properties in May - In a post on 24/7 Wall Street they broke down visitors to Google, Facebook,Yahoo, etc… for the month of May. Google owned sites had 242.4 million visits in May. Of course Google has You Tube and a few other popular sites under their banner. Only three companies had over 200 million visitors for May. Facebook and Yahoo both reached the 200 million visitor mark. From the article: Out of a total audience of 256.1 million unique U.S. Internet users, fully 95% (242.4 million) visited a property owned ... read more ...
Sat 27th June 2015
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8 Naming Mistakes Investors Hate to See - There are so many diffferent opinions out there on naming, and more than one reason why certain companies choose the name they do. Sometimes it comes down to budget, sometimes it’s a certain meaning to the founder that no one else understands, and sometimes it’s about following the herd and following a similar naming convention. Martin Zwilling wrote an article on Entrepreneur that looks at 8 naming mistakes that investors hate to see. Mr. Zwilling is a start up mentor and angel investor so he ... read more ...
Fri 26th June 2015
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ICANN Best Estimate For New gTLD Renewal Rate 50%; 25% For Free … - In releasing its 2016 operating budget ICANN made some estimate for the purposes of budgeting revenue from new gTLD’s. ICANN is saying its “Best” estimate is that the average renewal rate will be 50% for new gTLD’s except for TLD’s that provided free registrations where the renewal rate was estimated at 25%. On The Low estimate the ICANN seems to be indicating a new gTLD renewal rate of 35% but does not break out the free registrations from paid registrations so that number should have ... read more ...
 
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Boost Your Brand’s Global Reach by Taking Advantage of the New gTLDs - The Internet universe reached a whole new level of expansion recently, with the release of new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs), and already we're seeing brands taking advantage. Out of 18 million domains registered last year, 4 million were new gTLDs. These are domains like .berlin and .rocks, which fill the same slot in a web address as .com or .org but turn that slot into a meaningful space for communicating who you are and what you do. With domains like these grabbing ... read more ...
 
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FTC Rules Network Solutions Misled Consumers on 30 Day Money Back Guarantee - Network Solutions got slapped by the FTC for not providing clear terms with their 30 day money back guarantee. Network Solutions did not make it clear that they hold up to 30% of the refund. There was no fine by the FTC but there will be penalties should they violate the terms set forth by the FTC. From the FTC website: Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final consent order involving Network Solutions, LLC, which misled consumers who bought its web hosting ... read more ...
 
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Same-sex matrimony domain names are trending - Big news=domain registrations. People are flocking to their favorite domain name registrars today to register domain names related to same-sex marriage after a Supreme Court ruling legalized gay marriage across the U.S. Verisign Domain View shows a spike in registrations around when the ruling was released, and the numbers will surely grow throughout the day. Among the domains registered: TwoMenMarriage.com GenderNeutralMarriages.com GenderNeutralMarriage.com MarriageEqualityDay.com lbgtmarriage.com lbgtMarriageLaw.com LoveisLoveMarriages.com Marriage-Equality.com Here ... read more ...
 
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Alarm.com Went Public Today & is Up Over 20% - Alarm.com went public today in a IPO at $14 a share which gives the company a market valuation of about $627.9 million. However shares are currently trading at almost $17 a share over 20% higher than the IPO price. The ticker symbol is “ALRM”. The company reported more than 2.3 million subscribers. The company reported a net profit of $13.5 million last year, compared with $4.5 million in 2013 and $8.9 million in 2012, while revenue surged to $167.3 million in 2014, from $130.2 the year before ... read more ...
 
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Name.com runs intelligent .News promotion - Other registries and registrars should take a look at this promotion. Name.com is running a well-designed marketing contest for free .News domain names. Competitors should take note. The domain name registrar is giving away 100 free non-premium .news domain names when the top level domain releases to the public next month. In order to get one of the free domains, people have to go to a webpage and enter their email address. They’ll then be given a place in line, and the top 100 people in line on ... read more ...
 
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A Fallback Hierarchy for Domain Names - Joseph Peterson takes a look at fallbacks if the domain name you want is taken. In a recent article on the expired domain market, I was struck by NameJet’s top sale for the week: Insurance1.com, which had been a developed website since 1996. What’s striking is that this domain showed its age immediately so that verifying the “vintage” was a mere formality. Many of you will share my gut reaction. We’ve been browsing the web such a long time, after all, that we recognize a dated naming convention ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Best Estimate For New gTLD Renewal Rate 50%; 25% For Free Domains: 35% Worst Case - In releasing its 2016 operating budget ICANN made some estimate for the purposes of budgeting revenue from new gTLD’s. ICANN is saying its “Best” estimate is that the average renewal rate will be 50% for new gTLD’s except for TLD’s that provided free registrations where the renewal rate was estimated at 25%. On The Low estimate the ICANN seems to be indicating a new gTLD renewal rate of 35% but does not break out the free registrations from paid registrations so that number should have ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Mar 2016 Meeting To Be In Morocco, Oct 2016 In Puerto Rico - The ICANN Board selected locations to hold its meetings for March 2016 and October 2016 before heading out of the ICANN Buenos Airs meeting. The March 2016 ICANN meeting (ICANN 55) with be held in Marrakech, Morocco which had already been selected for the site for the March 2016 ICANN Meeting after ICANN relocated the meeting scheduled for March 2014 to Singapore during the outbreak of Ebola. The Marrakech meeting will be held March 5-10 2016 ICANN announced it was going to hold its October 2016 ... read more ...
 
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Wirecard nailed for Reverse Domain Name Hijacking - Big payments company abused UDRP policy to try to get valuable domain name for cheap. Publicly traded payments company Wirecard AG has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name Boon.com. The company, which has a market capitalization of 4.37 billion euros, filed a UDRP after failing to acquire the domain name Boon.com for a future payments services brand. In its complaint, Wirecard mentioned that it has been around since 1999 and had 2013 turnover of about a ... read more ...
 
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Dot Bank Launches to Clamp Down on Banking Fraud - The fTLD Registry has officially launched the new generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) .bank into general availability, promising it will provide a more trusted and secure location for banking services online. The gTLD is set to become the new home for most of the world’s major banks, managed by a registry owned, operated and governed by banks, insurance companies and their trade associations. The idea is that consumers will be able to more easily trust communicating online with a .bank entity thanks ... read more ...
 
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No Luck of The .Irish; Has Less Than 500 Registrations After 1st Day Of Availability - There was no luck for the Irish for the launch of the new gTLD .Irish Including those domain names registered in the Sunrise period for trademark holders, the landrush period for those who were willing to pay an extra fee for early access to domains and the first day of general availability which was the 24th, the current zone files reflect less than 500 domain registrations The official count stands at just 478 registered domain names with almost 50% of those being registered at Canadian registrar ... read more ...
 
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Is a “YourBrand.sucks” Domain Name Worth $2500 per Year? - The sunrise period for "dot sucks," the new generic top level domain (gTLD), opened on March 30, 2015 and ends on June 19, 2015. During the sunrise period, the suggested retail price per .sucks domain name registration is $2,499 annually. Thereafter, the price remains unchanged for companies that were diligent enough to register their marks with the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) in order to protect them as to newly-introduced gTLDs. Starting in September 2015, the owners of marks registered ... read more ...
Thu 25th June 2015
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Alison Simpson - Is .SUCKS Pricing Model Gaining Traction With Other Registries? Until the launch of the New gTLD Program, TLD launches were relatively straightforward. They generally consisted of a Sunrise Period, a Landrush Phase, and then General Availability. We would see the occasional Grandfather Phase or "Founders" program, but all in all, launches were pretty standard and straightforward. Things started to change with the launch of the new gTLD program. more» ... read more ...
 
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GAC Communiqué From The ICANN Meeting In Buenos Aires, Argentina - The Governmental Advisory group has issued its Communiqué From The ICANN Meeting In Buenos Aires, Argentina outlining its activities for the week and suggestions for the ICANN Board: The Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) met in Buenos Aires, Argentina during the week of the 20th of June 2015. Sixty nine (69) GAC Members attended the meeting and nine (9) Observers. Here are the highlights: Cross Community Working Group (CWG) to ... read more ...